LINGUIST List 11.2358

Tue Oct 31 2000

Jobs: Dialog Designer at Nuance, CA, USA

Editor for this issue: Michael Appleby <michaellinguistlist.org>

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1. Patricia Nguyen, Latin Spanish/Portugese: Dialog Designer at Nuance Communications, CA USA

Rank of Job: 
Areas Required: Dialog Designer
Other Desired Areas: 
University or Organization: Nuance Communications
Department: 
State or Province: CA
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: Open
Contact: Patricia Nguyen pnguyennuance.com

Address for Applications:
1380 Willow Road
Menlo Park
CA 94025
USA

As a Dialog Design expert (focused on Latin Portuguese and Spanish
Language applications), you will be part of a dynamic team that
envisions, creates and optimizes dialogs for Nuance's next-generation
interactive speech recognition systems.

Responsibilities: 

- Consult with internal and external customers
- Refine customer requirements 
- Design and refine challenging interactive dialogs for easy-to-use
applications 
- Collect data and perform analysis
- Perform system tuning 

Required: 

- Interest in speech recognition technology 
- Computer-Human Interface skills 
- Excellent written and verbal skills 
- Analytical problem solving ability 
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment 
- Native speaker of Portuguese/Spanish as spoken in Latin America 
- Fluent in spoken and written English 

Ideal: 

- Familiarity with software industrial design cycle 
- Speech recognition, speech coding, pattern recognition, DSP 
- Software coding experience (Java, Unix, C, C++, NT) 
- Experience with Dialog Design 
- Experience in data analysis and/or usability studies 
- Ability to lead a project or team 

Education: 

BS, MS or PhD combining Computer Sciences and/or Engineering with
Linguistics, Cognitive Sciences, and/or Psychology 

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to pnguyennuance.com or fax in the USA to +(650) 847-7090